Welcome to the SAINT Clare Alumni Page

Welcome to the Saint Clare Alumni Network. This is a great place for you to stay connected with your entire class and keep up to date with what is happening at Saint Clare!

We hope by joining our alumni network we can build our community stronger.

This site will allow you to stay updated with the current events of our school, connect with your former classmates to reminisce about Saint Clare, and get in touch with alumni working in similar industries as yours to build out your social and professional networks.

Catching Up with our sAINT Clare Alumni

The Peters Family

The Peters family has long ties with the Saint Clare community, as all four siblings attended, and their Aunt Sarah taught 3rd grade at Saint Clare for over 30 years. They recently checked in with us, and we are so happy to hear about their lives and adventures.

In his free time, Mark (Class of 2009) often experiments with smoking different meats and enjoys Lord of the Rings Marathons with his sister Juliette when she visits from New York.

Monica (Class of 1999), along with her husband Tony and three girls, are sports fans and make a point to go see the fireworks at the San Jose Giants every year.

Juliette (Class of 2002) explores Manhattan and the greater New York area with her poodle, Luna. Juliette moved to the greatest city in the world in 2021.

Sarah (Class of 2001) resides in San Jose and enjoys baking and spending time with her newborn son, Maxwell.

All four siblings are proud Saint Clare alumni!

Anniversary Class Years

Our Class of 1997 is celebrating 25 years ago since they graduated from Saint Clare School and we would love to hear from them. If you are in this class photo, or recognize someone, please reach out to us, or register on the link above. We would love to hear from you! Congrats on 25 years!

It’s been 22 years, but it also feels like yesterday…This is our Class of 2000, and we would love to hear from you! Let’s find out what you are up to in your life, personally and/or professionally. Please register on the link on this page or share with someone you know that is in this photo.

Distinguished Alumni Award

Joseph Nicholas
Distinguished Alumnus, Saint Clare School Class of 1948

It is my honor to share the story of a member of the Saint Clare class of 1948, describing the incredible, generation-spanning impact a Saint Clare Catholic education has had on my family.

My father, Joseph Nicholas, attended Saint Clare School from grades 1 through 8, all classes being held in the main building as there was no separate middle school. The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur provided a Catholic education in a structured and caring environment. Coming from a single-parent family of modest means, and having academic challenges, it would have been easy for my dad to ‘fall through the cracks’ and face an uncertain future. The support he received from the sisters helped him develop a positive sense of self; he could accomplish what the other students did, he just had to take more time and put in more effort.

After graduating from Saint Clare, he attended Bellarmine College Preparatory with the recommendation from the sisters that he would be successful if the Jesuit fathers supported him, as the sisters had done during his time at Saint Clare. Taking their advice to heart, they gave him the ‘fatherly support’ he needed to negotiate the adolescent years and graduated in 1952. During this time, he attended Mass every Sunday at Saint Clare Parish, growing in his faith where the foundation was laid by the Notre Dame Sisters.

Continuing his college education at what was then University of Santa Clara, he had not ventured far from his educational roots at Saint Clare. Upon graduating in 1956, he worked for a time at SCU as their one man ‘audio-visual’ department – the forerunner to what is now Media Services. He had also discerned about becoming a Jesuit, but that wasn’t to be his vocation. In June of 1957, he took a vacation to Germany to visit some family friends and also meet a young woman he had been writing to for five years. One thing led to another and my parents were married on August 15th in a suburb of Cologne, Germany. My parents were active parishioners of Saint Clare; my three siblings and I were baptized at Saint Clare parish.

Before any of us started school, my dad decided he wanted to become a teacher, and earned his credential at San Jose State. He returned to Saint Clare to complete his student teaching in the new middle school wing of the school. My dad was a high school teacher for over thirty years. There were no Catholic schools in the small Central Valley town we moved to, but my parents made sure we were educated in our Catholic faith.

Moving forward a few decades, In the fall of 1997, my son enrolled in the Kindergarten class of Saint Clare. In one of my first volunteer opportunities, I met the grandmother of one my son’s classmates. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that she not only knew my dad, but they were friends from the class of 1948. After volunteering in various capacities, I realized God was tapping me on the shoulder to follow in Dad’s education footsteps. After working as a substitute teacher for the Diocese, I returned to SCU to earn my teaching credential and Master’s Degree in Education, when my younger son entered kindergarten.

My dad was able to attend both of his grandson’s graduations from Saint Clare, moments he recalled with pride and admiration. Like their grandfather, both boys continued their education at Jesuit High Schools and Universities. My dad was also very proud that one of his daughters became a teacher at the school that made a such a difference in his life. He went to his heavenly father in 2017, and my mom was reunited with my dad in 2020. Being that Saint Clare has been educating students since 1856, I am sure there were many alums waiting to welcome them with open arms.

Archive of recent Distinguished Alumni

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Join us at our Upcoming Events!

Join us for Weekly School Mass on Fridays, at 10:45A

Parade of Champions, Saturday, Oct. 1. Stay tuned for details on how you can participate.
Blessing of the Animals and blessing of the Friendship Bridgeway mural | Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 11:45, Outdoor Church, Bridgeway
Kick-Off: Mission and Catholic Identity’s Care for our Common Home Campaign, Tuesday, Oct. 4 at Blessing of the Animals Prayer Service
32nd Annual Jog-a-Thon: Oct. 26 | Bellomy Field, Santa Clara University
Sponsorship opportunity!
Multicultural Dinner and Alumni Homecoming: Nov. 11
2nd Annual Golf Tournament: May 1, 2023 | Boulder Ridge Golf Club